The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 49

Episode 49: Ammunition Battalion (3)

Doo doo doo….

Pubung….

Kiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….

The 87th Ammunition Battalion was infinitely quiet.

In that corner.

A sudden loud sound and vibration rang out.

and.

Because of that sound coming from not far away.

Slurp….

The queen who was sleeping deep in the depths.

She opened her eyes.

‘Shaaaaa…’

A huge white fuselage rises from the darkness.

but.

It was not in perfect condition.

‘Shaak…’

The queen let out a painful moan while trying to raise her body.

The body was charred in many places, and strange pus was flowing from the wounds.

A queen who was scorched, cut, and scarred here and there.

The queen opened her eyes while suppressing the pain, and when she felt her senses spread, what she felt…

…!!

The death of countless children.

It has not been long since a major battle was fought.

In the last battle the queen lost most of her children.

In addition, the queen herself had to be seriously injured.

There is still time before new children are born to replace the lost ones.

The queen’s wounds also never fully recovered.

Besides, it feels right.

The current invaders seemed to be more powerful than the previous enemies.

Now the damage has not been fully recovered.

They were also extremely threatening enemies.

‘Shaaaaaak.’

A crisis that depends on the survival of the species.

As its leader, the queen had to make decisions.

– Dealing with enemies now when there is a large loss of power is a costly act.

-Even if you win, the number of prey will only increase slightly, and the benefits will be small.

-Risk must be minimized.

After completing all judgments in a short period of time, the queen woke up the sleeping children.

To move to avoid enemies.

Before the fortunes of the race decline.

It was a choice I would never have made, even if it were out of pride.

-The most important priority is the survival of the species.

Pride as a queen, etc.

If it is for the survival of the species, it can be thrown away like a sacrifice.

That was the queen who thought so.

however.

[Invade and occupy the human race’s military facilities.]

[It must not be taken over by anyone.]

In the Queen’s mind.

One thought stuck in my head.

‘Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…!

A command that will lead to the destruction of the species.

The queen tried to resist strongly.

[It must not be taken away by anyone.]

[It must not be taken away by anyone.]

[It must not be taken away by anyone…] [It cannot be taken away

by anyone…]

Her resistance was lightly ignored.

An explosive wave of thoughts.

It was enough to erase the queen’s reason.

After a while.

It wasn’t the fear of species extinction that was on her mind.

Pure anger.

And hostility.

‘Shaaaaaaaaaah!!!’

The queen raised the wounded body and awakened the saintly children who had survived the last battle.

A land that should not be taken away by anyone.

To eliminate the invaders who invaded the place.

* * *

After the battle with the spider monsters is over.

“OMG. Spider web.”

“Off. “The dust is no joke.”

We began to thoroughly search the inside of the dome-shaped ammunition dump.

The ammunition depot was completely covered in gray cobwebs, making it difficult to find its original appearance.

But let’s somehow clear away those dusty cobwebs.

“Look! “They’re shells!”

“also!”

The biggest target we visited was the ammunition battalion.

The ammunition was revealed.

“Does it look like you’re in good condition?”

“Well, whatever. “I was trapped under a spider’s web.”

“Not the guy in that hardware warehouse. “What’s the point of seeing if the monsters have ammunition?”

The first thing I discovered was an unidentified shell.

It felt like the guys with artillery backgrounds knew roughly what it was.

In my eyes, as a former cook, it was just a cannonball.

What’s really important in the first place is the other side.

“Here’s a 5mm round!”

“Waaah!”

The main firearm used by our soldiers is the K2.

The K2’s ammunition, a 5.56mm bullet, was discovered.

“It’s a super bullet.”

“That too a lot.”

“Wow. “If I did it wrong, I would have learned the bayonet technique.”

Actually, it doesn’t really impress me.

The only trait I have is ‘dagger proficiency’.

A gun is only a secondary weapon.

However, it seems to be very different for the awakened shooters.

It’s almost like a festival, isn’t it?

“I never thought I would like it that much.”

“ah. “I guess Sergeant Shin didn’t know?”

“You don’t know. what?”

“Shooters Awakened. The stress during that time was no joke. “Every time a bullet falls, a few handfuls of hair fall out, so there are a few people who have suffered from alopecia areata, so I’ve said all I can say.”

“….”

“I heard that the atmosphere in the gunnery team was not fun even when you brought in cartridges from the deserters.”

I can’t believe it was that much.

but.

Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk, the commander of the gunners, is quite blunt.

As soon as that guy heard about securing ammunition, his expression changed.

The other guys must have had it much worse.

But now it’s different.

‘The amount of ammunition in this magazine alone is considerable.’

Next to the ammunition depot, similar-looking igloo-style ammunition depots were lined up at a distance.

If you take all of those places into consideration.

well.

I don’t know, but there won’t be any problem even if the gunners pull the shutter button.

Gunners who played a decisive role in protecting the troops in the mountains.

Now that their firepower has returned.

Our unit’s firepower has increased by at least 1.5 times.

‘no. ‘It’s not just that.’

This is not something that only the shooters should think about.

‘Guns are weapons that even ordinary people can use.’

We have plenty of ammo now.

If you add the guns brought from the 423rd Battalion and the guns remaining in this ammunition battalion, it will be a significant number.

Firearms can also be given to survivors before awakening.

Survivors before awakening are able to perform with sufficient power.

If only that would happen.

Wouldn’t it be possible to quickly increase power by actively accepting survivors?

but.

Not everything found in the ammunition depot was good.

“Woo wow!”

“Sergeant Shin, please come here!”

I was looking around the ammunition dump, thinking about various things.

The soldiers who were looking around in one corner suddenly started making a fuss.

Let’s hurry up and see what’s going on.

“This.”

A corner of the ammunition depot.

I saw things that looked like cocoons wrapped in spider webs.

One of them.

A cocoon that appears to have been torn open by a soldier to reveal its contents.

What’s inside it.

“…A person.”

* * *

“Uijun, what are the results?”

Humans found inside cocoons.

I quickly called our unit’s medic and checked his condition.

“I think they are soldiers who worked in the ammunition battalion.”

however.

“He died.”

“….”

“He may have been alive until a few weeks ago.”

“what?”

If you die, you’re dead.

What did you say that he may have been alive for a while?

“I heard this somewhere. “It is said that spiders do not eat their prey right away, but anesthetize it and then preserve it.”

“There is no need to preserve it without killing it. why?”

“It’s about maintaining freshness.”

Let’s hear the explanation.

I understood why the soldier’s body was here.

“After keeping the food fresh. “We provide quality food to the chicks.”

Huge eggs scattered inside the ammunition depot.

And incorrupt corpses.

Food is prepared for the chicks that will hatch from the eggs.

“Even though I was so anesthetized. It was almost a month without any nutrients. Life activity has already been….”

“I understand.”

The corpses of humans killed by monsters.

Whenever I see something like this, I remember the first day my unit was attacked.

Images of my successors who died before my eyes flash through my mind.

“Tsk.”

I was getting irritated.

“For now, just take your dog tags and leave. “Gather the bodies in one place.”

“yes.”

“Once the unit’s recapture is properly completed. “We should hold a formal funeral.”

After that.

We opened a few more cocoons in the corner.

Then, other soldiers came out.

“What is this?”

“It looks like a monster?”

and.

They were the corpses of unknown monsters.

“Are these monsters also a substitute for food or something?”

“I guess so. by the way. “Monsters are using the ammunition depot as a hatchery.”

“But there was nothing in the buildings we passed so far, right? Why only in the ammunition depot…?”

Lee Sang-ah said, tilting her head as if wondering.

This is why they only lay eggs in the ammunition depot even though everything else is quiet.

I somehow felt like I knew the answer.

“Because the ammunition depot is the safest place in this unit.”

In modern warfare, ammunition is a material that may be more important than food.

Ammunition depots are made to be thoroughly safe, as is the importance of the items stored within them.

In general, units like the 423rd Battalion, where we were, may have piled up bullets in an old warehouse building and filled them with bullets.

“But this is an ammunition depot.”

A place to store ammunition for all kinds of heavy weapons, cannons and missiles.

The importance of those ammunition is also important.

If an enemy attacks an ammunition supply depot, the target will inevitably be ammunition.

The bottom is the first place to target when an intruder comes.

Therefore, the ammunition depot is disguised to look like part of a mountain when viewed from the air.

Solid iron gate.

Even cave-shaped buildings.

‘A place where even I, who don’t know much, can feel safe.’

It must have been similar in the eyes of monsters.

It must have seemed like a space where precious eggs could be safely protected from external forces.

“uh. “That means.”

“In other words, every time you open the ammunition storage, there is a high probability that a monster will pop out?”

If the ammunition depot was considered a safe place and used as a hatchery.

There is no reason not to use it as a nest.

“Isn’t it okay? “This battle was literally one-sided.”

“It’s okay if there are more monsters like this!”

The soldiers shouted energetically.

Definitely true to what it says.

Even though the battle is over, our side only has a few minor injuries.

Even that was completely cured by the priest and therapist.

Contrary to the great fear, the damage to our troops was virtually non-existent.

but.

“As long as there are monsters we fought this time.”

“yes?”

my skills.

According to information obtained through ‘chef’s eyes’.

‘These guys are just bodies, right?’

What’s the point of calling it a baby?

It seems to be the location of a fertilized egg that was undergoing fertilization before birth.

‘I heard there’s a dish made with chicks just before they hatch in China?’

In fact, the recipe presented in ‘Chef’s Eyes’ was similar.

What’s different about chicks?

It is so ferocious that it breaks the egg and comes out when it feels threatened.

“The adults of these guys could be dangerous.”

“But is there any need to be afraid of the Eucharist that we have not yet encountered?”

“Well, that’s true.”

I can only guess that it could be dangerous.

It hasn’t been confirmed whether it’s dangerous.

There is no need to step away from here because you are afraid of that.

“Move to the ammunition depot next door.”

“yes!”

Following my orders, the soldiers headed to the next ammunition depot.

That place, too, was in a similar state as a hatchery.

[You have gained experience.]

“It’s easy.”

“These are guys who have fought once. “It seems easier than before.”

The one-sided massacre was only repeated.

“Hehehe. “There is so much ammunition.”

“Those guys. “Okay, I’m about to die.”

The amount of ammunition secured in this way was significant.

Moreover, not only ammunition for rifles is important.

“If you do well with these shells, don’t you think you can attach them to a combat vehicle?”

“hmm. “It wouldn’t be bad.”

Engineers specializing in manufacturing war weapons.

They began discussing ways to use the shells they obtained here.

Everything was going easier than expected.

The monsters that attacked the unit are stronger than those in other areas.

I was very nervous after hearing that.

‘If it’s this much…’

The moment when such a complacent thought passed through my head.

Kugugugugugugung.

“uh?”

“what. “Is it an earthquake?”

suddenly.

A loud tremor echoed throughout the unit.

Of course, I wondered if an earthquake had occurred.

-Shaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

The sound that rang out right after.

It was announced that the shaking just now was no ordinary earthquake.

* * *

“What the hell!?”

“What is this sound?”

An unidentifiable roar echoed from the center of the ammunition battalion.

and.

[Arachron’s last queen, Katlanya, expresses her anger.]

A message appears in front of you along with that sound.

[The queen’s anger covers the battlefield!]

[The combat ability of the ‘White Spider of Arachron’ race increases significantly.] [The

combat ability of allies decreases significantly.]

A message in a familiar format.

It was immediately clear what kind of scream had just rang out.

“Bloom…!”

Lizard Chieftain who attacked the 423rd Battalion.

Or a similar type of ability as the commanding shout used by Lieutenant Kim.

It is a wide-area buff that reduces the abilities of enemies and strengthens allies.

It’s the kind of thing you usually see in games, so there’s nothing surprising about it.

the problem is.

“It’s blooming.”

“Does this wide range of peers make sense!?”

The monster that screamed.

That it is not even visible to our eyes.

‘The sound was loud, but it didn’t seem to come from close by.’

Although it is clear that there is a considerable distance.

A peer who has enough influence on us.

“This might be dangerous.”

Let’s move our bodies slightly.

It feels a little heavier than before.

‘The debuff is taking effect.’

If it were just a debuff applied to us, there would be no problem.

but.

[The combat ability of the ‘Arachron White Spider’ race increases significantly.]

That’s the problem.

Peers spread over such a wide range.

‘How many monsters will receive that buff?’

The doubt was immediately resolved.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo-.

A vibration sound heard as the peer spreads out.

“It’s right next door!”

The epicenter of the vibration was right next to me.

Another ammunition depot we haven’t opened yet.

no.

“It sounds like it came from a hatchery of monsters.”

“Then that vibration just now….”

“It must be that the egg is cracking and coming out.”

yet.

thud! thud!

A loud sound coming from inside the ammunition depot.

It was a knock on the door of the ammunition depot.

A considerable number of ammunition dumps lined up nearby.

After all the monsters inside broke the eggs and came out.

They’re trying to break down the door and jump out.

“no. “I thought it would be easy even if there were a few more!”

“It’s not just a few, it’s dozens of times more.”

No matter how strong our unit has become.

If it increases to that extent, it becomes a bit much trouble.

“Lieutenant Kim! “What are you doing!”

“Oh yes! Everyone ready for battle!”

[The command’s shout rings out.]

[Some of the queen’s anger is appeased. Ability score reduction value is reduced.]

Lieutenant Kim has now become a buff vending machine that dispenses buffs just by calling his name.

However, after seeing the effect of the buff, I couldn’t help but frown.

“Let alone raising your abilities. “It’s all about reducing the lowered abilities.”

“I’m sorry.”

“no. “I don’t blame Lieutenant Kim.”

It means that the peer that just rang is that powerful.

At this level, Lieutenant Kim alone is not enough.

“Jeon Gwang-il!”

“Yes, Corporal Jeon Gwang-il!”

The leader of the warrior team who commanded the warrior team.

I called Gwangil.

“I don’t think Lieutenant Kim is enough! Gwangil, you do it too!”

“yes!”

There was no need to explain what to do.

After receiving the order, Gwangil took a deep breath.

and.

“Khuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!”

It let out a roar like an animal.

[‘Cry of madness’ rings out.]

[Minimum level of confusion is applied to allies.]

[Commander’s shout eliminates minimum level of confusion.]

[Intermediate stat increase is applied to allies.]

[‘Queen’s Wrath’ ‘ is partially neutralized.]

[The stat-lowering effect of ‘Queen’s Wrath’ disappears.]

Gwangil gained a peer-type skill in the battle with the Chieftain.

but.

To begin with, he is different from Lieutenant Kim and I, who are part of the Buffer family.

‘Because Gwangil is a warrior.’

Nevertheless, there are buff-type skills.

His peering doesn’t last long and the frequency limit is about 3 times a week.

In addition, it comes with a debuff that causes the lowest level of confusion if used alone.

Since it is an ability that should be saved as much as possible, I have never used it until now.

For moments like right now.

‘All debuffs have been removed. ‘This is the best we can do for now.’

at that time.

Thump…thump….

Cooung!

With a loud sound, the door to the ammunition dump right next to it broke apart.

Spider monsters poured out of it.

“To the battlefield!”

“For the Legion’s victory!!!”

The troops who were ready for battle clashed with the spiders.

Thanks to Gwangil and Lieutenant Kim’s peers, our side’s decline in abilities disappeared.

The only additional buffs are through my combat rations.

A huge decrease in combat power.

Conversely, enemies receive buffs and their combat power improves.

“Tsk.”

Excluding buffs, our side is ahead in terms of power itself.

If it’s just monsters that pop out right away, there won’t be a problem.

Boom…

Boom…

But the sound of monsters running out can also be heard from other ammunition depot buildings.

perhaps.

Aren’t the monsters spread throughout this unit coming to hunt us?

‘I don’t know how long it will be, but it’s absolutely impossible to deal with those monsters at once.’

then.

I made a decision and shouted at the soldiers.

“Everyone, back away as slowly as possible and get into the vehicle!”

“Sergeant Shin!?”

“Why are you suddenly telling me to get in the car…!”

The soldiers in battle asked curiously.

Our side’s buffs are minimal, and the enemy’s buffs are many.

Moreover, it is clear that they will soon be outnumbered.

then.

“Shouldn’t we change the situation?”

It was clearly a battle where our side was relaxed.

But the situation was suddenly overturned.

The person who issued this sadal was clearly known.

[Arachron’s last queen, Katlanya, expresses her anger.]

A monster named the last queen.

The person who is trying to hunt us by spreading fear.

Her anger created the current situation.

then.

“The rule is to destroy the intestines first.”

Queen.

hunt